“There are eight million stories in the naked city; this has been one of them.” This line, which closes film noir classic “The Naked City,” would fit comfortably among the dialogue of Arnaud Desplechin’s latest work, “Oh Mercy!,” making its debut in the Official Competition of the Cannes Film Festival. Best known for his unwieldy family dramas, the film is a genre swerve for Desplechin.

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Since his first feature-length film, “The Sentinel” in 1992, Arnaud Desplechin has been a fixture at the Cannes Film Festival. Just last year, the acclaimed director premiered “Ismael’s Ghosts” as the opening film of the prestigious event. And it appears that with his next film, “Roubaix, une lumière,” Desplechin is poising himself for another run at the festival.

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